Production characteristics and body composition of Florida pompano reared to market size at two different densities in low-salinity recirculating aquaculture systems

North American Journal of Aquaculture

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-173

  Weirich, Charles R ^a   Wills, Paul S ^b   Baptiste, Richard M ^b   Woodward, Peter N ^b   Riche, Marty A ^a  

^a U S HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACHINOTUS CAROLINUS;

EID: 79953857000     PISSN: 15222055     EISSN: 15488454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/A08-016.1     Document Type: Article

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